Cover

VitalityLife tool helps advisers calculate healthier lifestyle benefits

VitalityLife has launched a new risk calculator designed to help advisers discuss serious illness...

Paradigm’s new CPD & Sales Academy to help with IDD requirements

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched a new CPD & Sales Academy, with the aim...

L&G to hold 8th Annual Business Quality Awards

Legal & General has announced the launch of its eighth annual Business Quality Awards...

The Source joins PRIMIS GI panel

Online general insurance provider Source Insurance has been appointed to the general insurance panel...

SME owners worry about employee protection gap

63% of SME bosses fear their staff face a benefits protection gap in comparison...

FCA closes life insurance investigation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that its remaining investigations into firms following...

The Exeter takes ‘digital first’ approach with new PMI product

The Exeter has launched a new private health insurance policy called Health+ with a...

Uinsure partners with L&C

General insurance (GI) provider Uinsure has announces a new partnership with mortgage broker L&C Mortgages. Simon...

Paymentshield to hold webinar on learning from Netflix

General insurance firm Paymentshield is hosting a webinar on the lessons that advisers can...

Productivity and sales up at New Leaf

Mortgage, protection and wealth network New Leaf Distribution has revealed that its recent 12-month’s...

SimplyBiz’s Advice Show returns

The Advice Show returns today (17 September) with industry specialists including Steve Webb, Ken...

Professional advice key driver in taking out business protection

84% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK have taken out a...

Protection could suffer with rising mortgage activity

An industry panel at today's FSE London have argued that protection sales and penetration...

L&G unveils online broker group protection platform

Legal & General has launched a new digital broker platform that delivers greater efficiency...

COMMENT

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Latest news

Northern families face nursery catchment premiums of up to 52%

Families in parts of the North are paying substantial property premiums to live within...

Pepper Money raises £545m through RMBS deal

Pepper Money has raised £545 million through the capital markets as part of its...

The Darlington trims mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Darlington Building Society has reduced selected rates across its residential, specialist residential, shared ownership,...

Brokers review sourcing technology as demand grows for connected systems

Mortgage brokers are increasingly reassessing their technology stacks, with sourcing systems emerging as the...

PROFILES